Loading devices for magazine-guns.



E. A. DEBUCHY. LOADING DEVICE FOR MAGAZINE GUNS. APPLICATION FILED MAY26. 1915.

1 1 ?,75, Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

1 specificatlon,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDMUND A. DEBUCHY, OF WEST HOIBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

LOADING DEVICE FOR MAG-flINE-GUNS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1i, 1916.

Application filed May 28, 1915. Serial No. 30,527.

may be used with almost any type of magazine gun, I have shown it inconnection with what is commonly termed a tube magazine or pump gun.

The device receives cartridges from the container in which they arepacked and in any general condition.- The cartridges are merely dumpedintomy device and when therein will, by the operation of the mechanismbe arranged in regular order and pointing in a general direction, thedirection in which they are to be received in the magazine of the gun.

The device here shown is intended to operate with cartridges having arim, and if built in proper size and proportion will efliciently handlecartridges used in rifles, shot guns, or revolvers for hand use or evenany of the larger guns used for field service.

The construction and operation of my device will be fully described inthespecification which follows.

The following is what I consider the best means of carrying out myinvention and the accompanying drawings form a part of this in which:Figure 1 hows a small rifle or gun in position. for loading, with mydevice in position. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my device. This figureis on a large scale and is partly broken away to show'the arrangement ofthe cartridges ready for delivery. Fig. 3 is a vertical section. Fig. 4an enlarged perspective view of one of the shutters. Fig. 5 is aperspective and partial sectional view of a device having a plurality ofcompartments. Fig. 6 is a sectional'view of Fig. 5, showing shutters ofmodifiedconstruction.

Similar reference numerals indicate like" variety, and of a type whichmay be called a hand gun for the reason that it is intended to be heldin the hand and otherwise unsupportedwhen operated. This gun requires nochanges in construction or modifications for use w th my device and Iwill therefore not describe it in detail, considering it suffic1ent toindicate the bodywof the gun at 1 and the magazlne tube at 2, which tubeis provided w1th a loading aperture or openm as indicated at 3.

y device consists of a hopper or body portlon indicated at 4 into whicha quantity of loaded cartridges may be dumped. To prevent the cartridgesfalling from the magazine portion I may arrange a cover 5 closing theupper, otherwise open end of the at 6, and arranged within this chuteandforming the side walls thereof is a pair of ways indicated at 7 and8. The space be-.

tween these ways is suflicient to receive the body portion of acartridge and the bullet arranged therein, but not suflicient to receivethe rim of the cartridge.

Cartridges operable with my device are indicated at 9, 10, and 11, andit will be observed that the cartridges may be of any length, but to usea cartridge'of larger diameter itwill be necessary to provide a devicehaving a greater distance between the ways 7 and 8.

Arranged between the hopper 4: and the delivery chute 6 is a shutter 12operable by means of a button 13. The shutter .which may become a partof the side wall of the chute, or hopper, need not'entirely close thelower end of the hopper nor the upper end of the chute, it being foundsuflicient, to

close these passages only to an extent to that the radius of itsoperations shall not interfere with the cartridges contained in eitherchamber.

In operating my device the cover 5 is open and a number of cartridgesare dumped or placed in the hopper 4', the cover is then closed. Now,when the shutter 12 is turned outward until it lies on a. plane parallelto the side of the hopper, a number 'of the cartridges will fall betweenthe ways 7 and 8 and vill there be suspended by their rim resting m thetop edges of the ways. The shutter nay now be closed or it may beallowed to mtomatically close itself by the action of he spring 14. Thecartridges will then be t'ound to be in position to be inserted in .hemagazine of the rifle. Next the rifle is '.urned bottom upward and themagazine pened, and when my device is placed adjaent to the magazinewith the open end n register with the opening 3 in the magazine thecartridges will roll from the deivery chute and from between the wayshereof into the magazine of a rifle.

It will appear as obvious that the delivery :hute may be large enough tocontain a mmber of cartridges sufficient to fill the nagazine of thegun, but this is not entirely necessary as the size of my device and theiumberof cartridges which it will contain nay be changed at will.

Fig. 5 indicates that my device may con- ;ist of a plurality of hoppers1 each provided with its own delivery chute. This :onstruction has itsadvantages in that a greater supply of cartridges may be re- ;ainedalways ready for use. A greater idvantage to this construction residesin the fact that cartridges of different lengths may )e retained in thehoppers ready for immeliate use under changing conditions, or if ;hedevice is used with a shot gun, cartridges iaving different charges maybe loaded into ;he separate compartments of the hopper.

It will be observed that the body of my levice is slightly'curved, theintention beng to so shape it that it may fit more snugly n a coatpocket and conform to the body of ;he wearer of the coat, thus it willoccupy .ess space and not interfere with the movenent of the operator.There is a more imortant reason for the particular shape Jhitt I havegiven'my device for when the :hute has been filled from the hopper themere turning of the device into a horizontal position will cause thecartridges in the iopper to fall away from the shutter clearng its pathof movement and allowing it to )e readily closed;

At 17 I have indicated a plug formed in- ;egral with the shutter 12 orsecured thereto, LIld at 18, and in the side-wall of the hopper L Ihave'indicated certain perforations. The ;pring 14 forces the shutterlongitudinally n the direction of the knob and when the ;hutter is to beturned the knob is pressed nward sufiicient to disengage the plug 17irom the perforation 18; the knob and shuter may then be turned, and atthe full exent of the motion the plug will engage in 'he perforation 18or under the edge of the :asmg.

I have indicated a stop 16 as secured to )r formed integral with theshutters, and vhen the shutter is turned in a fiat or horizontalposition the stop will project into the path of the cartridges arrangedon the ways 7 and 8' and will prevent the d1scharge therefrom at aninopportune time,

it being only necessary to turn the shutter to remove the stop out ofthe line of the cartridges. This stop 16, may however, be dispensed withif care is taken that cartridges are not left in the chute after themagazine has been charged.

Other modifications may be made within the scope of the appendedclaimscwithout departing from the principle or sacrificing theadvantages of this invention.

Having carefully and fully described my invention to the best of myability, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. Means for loading the magazines of guns, which consists of a hopper,a chute provided with a plurality of ways arranged adjacent to saidhopper, and a revoluble shutter between said hopper and said ways, andmeans for operating said shutter, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a hopper having aplurality of sections, a plurality of delivery means from said sections,chutes arranged adjacent to said sections and means for controlling thedelivery from said chutes as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A device of the character described, having in combination with themagazine of a gun a chamber exterior to said magazine and comprising ahopper, ways adjacent thereto, a shutter adjacent to said ways, andin'eans for temporarily retaining said shutter in position to preventthe delivery from said hopper to said ways as and for the purpose setforth.

4. The device of the character described, comprising a hopper, a chute,arranged at an angle to said hopper, and provided with a plurality ofways adjacent to said hopper, and means for controlling the deliveryfrom said hopper into said ways as and for the purpose set forth.

5. The device of the character described, consisting of a hopper, achute adjacent to said hopper, a shutter between said hopper and saidchute, and a stop to prevent the delivery from said chute when saidshutter is open.

6. A device of the character described comprising a hopper, a chute,arranged at an angle thereto, and provided with a plurality of ways, arevoluble shutter between said hopper and said ways, and a stop attachedto and operable with said shutter to prevent the delivery from said wayswhen the said shutter is open.

7. A device of the character described consisting of a-hopper, a shutterfor closing the inner end of said hopper, and means comprising a hopper,ways adjacent thereto,

a shutter adjacent to said ways and resili- 15 ent means for urging saidshutter into a temporarily retained osition to prevent. the deliveryfrom said opper to said ways as and for the purpose set forth.

Signed at city of New York, county and State of New York, this 8th dayof May, 1915, in the presence of these two witneses.

EDMUND A. DEBUCHY.

Witnesses:

G. E. S. MARK, ARTHUR PHELPS

